Notices by Gen X-Wing (breadbin@bitbang.social), page 5

@inthehands Trying to argue the concept that “anyone having that data is the core problem in the first place” has been very difficult at times:( The type of comebacks really makes you question people’s reading comprehension.

It’s not HIPAA, where we need to guard who has access, because there’s a group that do need access for *my* benefit.

Nobody should have access to this data, and if it’s stored anywhere then that’s not the case.

My two cents.

@goatsarah Thanks for giving me a chuckle. Got a mental image of Musk dealing with the cartels and not grasping when he’s been played :)

Would make a great movie, or show.

@atomicpoet @fediversenews It still takes me to venera.

@goatsarah @rxc I’m on a small instance and I’ve noticed that it can be problematic. I basically always want full threads, and I honestly don’t get exactly why doesn’t happen.

(In short I haven’t dove into the technical aspects of it all. But as a user it’s not good.)

@rxc This is a bad issue and good argument against federation. Which isn’t a good thing.

@atomicpoet Email? Web? FidoNet? Usenet? :) It’s not like it was invented a few years ago.

@BlackAzizAnansi The technical stuff aside. The thing that scared me are the reports of brutal levels of racism happening directly to new users.

If you just joined, are trying to figure things out, aren’t a technical person (if you are, be a bit humble and helpful), and the first thing you experience is “I’m going to fucking kill you!”… yeah “just block” doesn’t cut it.

I would have deleted my account right there and then.

@eniko Out of the box: Maybe replacing chasing a number with building a following could be a thing.

The fediverse has the opportunity for more diversity (from a software perspective), and I’d love to see see creators (best term I could come up with) find a better way to operate here.

For a very flawed analogy, think a mall vs a bar. The timeline nature of twit/mast isn’t great for fans/customers and there’s a lot of limits to a profile.

(Sorry for the poor explanation.)

@goatsarah Did everything just slot into place?

I wonder if this starts a trend. I wonder what game or game series would be most interesting as a subject.

@inthehands @conniptions @mekkaokereke Oh the loudness war just pains me. The lack of *dynamics* is just not fun. Even for stuff like punk or extreme metal. Snare drums just sounds muffled for instance.

And I do not have any impressive listening skills at all.

A friend in college had a great sound system. He basically told me that now the issue was to find any music that wasn’t mastered bad so his system didn’t sound bad.

@RufusJCooter @inthehands @conniptions @mekkaokereke To be fair, Paranoid was written and recorded in something like half an hour (according to legend) :)

Doesn’t invalidate your point as such though. Overly compressed music is just a big fatigue on your ears:(